Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Chewing gum can release hundreds of microplastics—or tiny plastic particles—into saliva, a new study found.While research is still emerging, microplastics have been ...

A large stick of gum could release more than 3,000 microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Here’s what that ...

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the ...

Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.

While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...

Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You may have ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...